9lbs in 9 days!!??

[BigSmooth]

Hello folks. As the title reads, I have lost 9lbs in 9 days!! Not sure if thats healthy but Atkins is working for me! I'm on day 9 of the induction phase and having great results minus the few headaches here and there. The first 3 days I lost 5lbs, then the latter 6 days i've lost 4lbs to total the 9. Am I losing weight too fast??? Could this be 9lbs of water?? Thanks!

[Elizellen]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Without knowing how much weight you need to lose it is hard to tell if you are doing phenomenally well or just averagely well but

Well done you!! They will be calling you Littlesmooth soon I am sure!!

[BigSmooth]

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Thanks!! My goal is to lose 30lbs. So 21 more to go! Thanks!

[Rick]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Then you are doing phenomenally... The book says 10% in the first 2 weeks is good. You've done much better than that by losing almost 33%.

That being said, I hope you're not starving yourself. Are you eating according to the plan?

I was also always able to lose more than the 10% during induction, but not that much.

Please, share your meals with us so that we can get an idea of what you're doing.

Again, congrats on your quick loss.

Rick

[BigSmooth]

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Thanks Rick

This is a typical days menu for me.

Breakfast
2 eggs scrambled with spinach

Snack
1 small bowl of cauliflower steamed

Lunch
steak, fish or chicken with salad

Dinner
same as lunch minus the salad or tuna salad


That with plenty of water. I'm not really hungry at all. My appetite has been supressed on this diet. Since i've been drinking only water for the pass 9 days, i'm really craving diet coke. Is that a no no on induction phase?

[BonnieRose16]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Many people have stalls w/ aspartame... Dr A prefers us to only use up to 3 servings per day of artificial sweetners and his prefered choice is Splenda *Sucralose*

[RockChic]

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Hey bigsmooth - firstly congrats on the weightloss! That's fantastic.

Secondly, I too have had cravings for diet coke and what I've done is buy a couple of the small 500ml bottles of it and have a sip or two every now and then. Probably just twice a day I'll have 3 or 4 sips. It doesn't seem to stall me and I've kept in ketosis (fingers crossed).

Anyway keep up the good work!

Pamela

[elizabethbuttercup]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Great Job!!!

[BigSmooth]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Bonnie Rose, Pamela, Elizabeth thank you all for your well wishes!!!!

I'm happy to announce that i've now lost 11lbs in 10 days!!!!!!

This cant be just water weight? I cant believe it.

[Jen1971]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Hey fantastic results! Good for you! Just a quick reply to the diet coke question. You can buy diet coke made with splenda (sucralose) now. You just have to look at the label. The can will have a little Splenda insignia on near the bottom. I know that it's better to just have water, but I also have a terrible craving for carbonated pop, and have found that having one on occasion has not stalled my progress. Best of luck! Jen

[Rick]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Hey BS (BigSmooth),

Congrats on those 11 lbs gone forever!!! What a great start you are having!

And, your diet plan looked solid to me.

I don't know how to improve what you're already obviously doing so well. Are you drinking lots of water and getting any exercise? I didn't see that mentioned.

Keep up the great work and you'll be at goal very soon. Finish those first 2 weeks and you're ready to move on to OWL, and I would definitely suggest doing that. It's not likely that your loss will continue so quickly until you reach your goal, and we've all had stalls along the way... so, if they do happen, don't get discouraged. You're building a good foundation during the induction days that will help you all of the way through to reaching and maintaining your goal.

I'll be looking forward to more success stories here! Good Job BS!!!

Rick

[BigSmooth]

Re: 9lbs in 9 days!!??

Thanks for the advice Jen. If I get a diet coke craving that I cannot control I will look for the splenda version. However i'm going to try to continue to be strong. It's not really a craving for diet coke, it's more of boredom of water lol.

Rick,
Thanks bro! That is my typical menu 90% of the time, I know I have to diversify or I will get bored....but so far so good. As far as working out, i'm walking 4-6 days a week.....with the dogs. And i've been to the gym twice in 11 days, i'll up it some more but I get frequent headaches on this diet.

I'm so happy for this diet. I've lost a lot of weight before, but with dangerous diet pills, NEVER AGAIN!!! I'm glad that Atkins diet has helped me achieve this mini goal so far w/o risking my health with diet pills.

BTW, My wife is on the diet as well and she's lost 9lbs so far. I guess we are giving each other the strength to do this.

Thanks!!!